Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Tour Tidbit du Jour - Stage 16 - 9/15/2020

15/09/2020 - Tour de France 2020 - Etape 16 - La Tour du Pin / Villard de Lans (164 km) - Benoit COSNEFROY (AG2R LA MONDIALE) © A.S.O./Alex Broadway

Since the end of Stage 2, Benoît Cosnefroy of AG2R La Mondiale has held and defended the polka-dot climbers' jersey through Stage 16, despite not earning any climbing points since Stage 9. He knows how fortunate he has been.

“My rivals have been sharing the points for a week, they do it at perfection! That’s how I retained the polka dot jersey today, therefore I’ll try to defend it tomorrow, but I have no illusion. It’ll certainly be my last day with it.”

Fellow Frenchman Pierre Rolland on the B&B Hotels team is currently tied with Cosnefroy at 36 points, but tiebreaking rules put Cosnefroy ahead because he has placed higher on higher category mountain finish lines, albeit the most recent result was more than a week ago.

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